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The part thus played in dialogue by Mr Horrock was terribly effective

A mixture of passions was excited in Fred--a mad desire to thrash

Horrock's opinion into utterance, restrained by anxiety to retain the

advantage of his friendship There was always the chance that Horrock

ht e had ive forth his

ideas without economy He was loud, robust, and was soence"--chiefly in swearing, drinking, and

beating his wife Some people who had lost by hi as the finest of the arts, andto do with morality He was

undeniably a prosperousbetter than others bore

their reen

bay-tree But his range of conversation was liave you after a while a sense of

returning upon itself in a way that ht infusion of Mr Baive tone and character to

several circles in Middleure in

the bar and billiard-rooon He knew some anecdotes

about the heroes of the turf, and various clever tricks of Marquesses

and Viscounts which see black-legs; but the minute retentiveness of his

ht and

sold; the nu a hair being, after the lapse of years, still a subject of